Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

(Instrumental intro)Living in a world apartRight from the very startThat’s how it all begunPlaying carefree in the SunA playground that had no boundariesJust the sparkling seaFoaming on the shoreWho could ask for moreLiving life out of doorsGoverned by no foreign lawsNo reason at all we should departLeave our little world apartAnd then …They said we…

(Brief instrumental intro)With music ever playingThrough our time upon this EarthNo doubt we would have listened Most probably since birthAs Mothers they employ itWhile still within their keepTo sooth us in the cradleWith a lullaby to sleep. (Brief instrumental interlude)Background music playingAs we employ the time of dayHelping to relax usAt work or when at…

(Instrumental intro)From those days of early childhood No matter where I roam So many exotic placesBut there’s no place like home On the other side, the grass is always greenerAnd lures us far and wide …. Far on the other side Distant lands to tempt us Distant lands and all those placesYou thought in which…

Carefree, that is how I cameFor me, love was just a gameThat I always playedBut never, ever stayedAnd so, things turned out the sameAlways so many hearts betrayedNever lasting friendships madeThen, then you came alongHere in my arms, right where you belongAnd so, it was I broke my golden ruleFull of loving every night (Instrumental…

(Instrumental Intro)Always in a hurryOn some wild pretextThat’s us in a hurryAlways in a hurryTo some new eventWhy! … there’s no need to scurryUse all the time that’s lent.Pass quietly through the meadowsWhile on your courseThough the rolling heather, hills and gorseRiding in a carriage Behind a very handsome trotting horse.A handsome trotting horseIt’s true,…

Where have you gone Pretty Girl, Pretty GirlWhere have you goneNow you’ve been away so longJust taking a walk in the country airCountry air, Country airSkipping along without a careAll the whole day longBeware of that big bad world out thereBeware of what may be lurking almost any whereUnder that bush, behind that treeOr on…

From the verdant coastal reaches Of that once, great southern land Emerged such wondrous creatures From Creation’s marvellous hand. Among the turtles and the dolphins In gentle grace and harmony Swam a curious relation Of the fabled ‘Manatee’. Inevitably, white men Ventured to that shore With no idea before them What fair Nature held in…

(Instrumental intro)Dancing around the MaypoleTo welcome the new Season inKnowing this old ritualAs the harbinger of SpringRound and round the MaypoleAll the young folk joined inJoining in this festivalSo, the planting could beginPraying for the rains to come And so they could portendThe harvest would be plentiful At the Season’s end(Instrumental interlude)Flirting around the MaypoleThat’s…

(Instrumental intro)Standing at Rorke’s DriftAt the time of the Zulu WarA Mission HospitalAnd a Commissariat Army Store With a hundred and fifty men … no more Breaking from the battleground The desperate message came back Thousands of warriorsAre ready to attack They are heading our wayYou can hear on the windLike a freight train rumbling…

(Brief instrumental intro)As it was in the beginningWhen man at first begunThere thrived a global reverenceFor the mystery of the sunThis overwhelming presenceFor what it may be worthWas seen to be the source ofAll life upon this EarthOn this bold perceptionSimple people could agreeAnd so began the concept Of one great Deity.Throughout the agesReligion was…